“Why does every idiot...”
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You’re talking about an explosion close to the ground. We’re talking about space buddy. The equivalent of hitting the broadside of a barn... with a rock.
“I’m thinking it would be bad but not so bad as to bring about the destruction of America. Some folks would die as a result of not having electricity but I think things would begin to return to normal fairly quickly.”
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Its not as simple as you think. Hospitals, Gas Stations, Stores, Water, everything will be knocked out. And the EMP will be folowed by a real Air-to-ground nuclear attack.
The former deputy administrator for NASA now chairs the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States From Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack. In July 2008, Graham testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the commission’s latest report. Only a handful of the committee’s 60 members showed up for the hearing.
Read on and see how the government doesn't give a hoot about this extremely dangerous aspect of a nuclear weapon. They even canceled the MKV (multiple kill vehicle invented by the Missile Defense Agency to shoot down multiple warheads in space)!!!
